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• Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:14:59 -0700
  On 08/22/2011 05:58 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > Fast alternator brush wear is almost always caused by burned or > pitted commutator rings...
• Re: Coolant Pipes needed!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:31:56 -0400
  ...They were pitted underneath where the hose was clamped overtop. Painted black with high temp engine paint. So far so good. These pipes are...
• Washing case halves
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:05:52 -0800
  ...the lye in the soap stripped the anodization off and then pitted the hell out of it. I'd be real careful about regular...
• Re: 7" hella replacement lights for SA Grill with An Aftermarket HID 6000K kit, Will this work?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:07:10 -0400
  ...If your windshield is the least bit dirty, fogged, or pitted, you get blinded by glare. Maybe it's safer for you, but it...
• Vanagon - old heads - leaks -alum. seal products $3
  Historical mailing list - Larry Word
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 01:39:26 -0700
  ...What does the group think about a $3 fix to the pitted heads of an old vanagon engine. It works for me now.....so...
• Re: Powder Coat ?????
  Historical mailing list - Campoli Bernard DLPC
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 07:37:55 -0500
  ...engine still looks grand,but from the exhaust manifold back is pitted and rusty. I was going to do my vanagon exhaust but changed...
• Goop! 8-)
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:28:56 -0700
  ...Which is more correct?? My heads were slightly pitted - nothing major - so we JB-Welded them & sanded them flat. Bentley & others also recommend using...
• Re: rust under windscreen
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 13:29:57 -0500
  ...If your windshield is pitted, cracked or crappy (uncleanable), all one has to do is take their vehicle to the glass replacement shop of...
• 82 Diesel Coolant Expansion tank needed NY
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:47:16 EDT
  ...seal against in the inside of the filler neck is quite pitted and corroded. This is causing it to suck air into the system...
• Re: Washing case halves
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 18:01:36 -0500
  ...the lye in the soap > stripped the anodization off and then pitted the hell out of it. I'd > be real careful about regular...
• Re: 1.9L spark plug &water pump suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:44:16 -0800
  Regarding the pitted waterpump surface...Using JB is fairly common to make sure this area will seal correctly. I and many other have done...
• Re: Rattle I cant find
  Historical mailing list - Dave Brunger
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:30:01 -0400
  ...after sitting (and the old grease not protecting as well) the bearings rusted and pitted the hub, and bearings made a slight grinding when...
• Re: Metal brake line + short rear flex hose questions
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:51:26 -0400
  "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> said: > Archive info suggests that rust pitted metal brake lines should be > replaced. Every section of brake line on...
• Head gasket job getting out of hand
  Historical mailing list - John Morris
  Mon, 13 May 2002 09:28:02 -0400
  ...Things were going great on the driver side, barrels weren't stuck, head sealing surface was pitted but reparable with JB Weld. Replaced the...
• Re: Projektzwo foglight spares.....what if you break your $300 foglites?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:38:58 -0600
  ...Easy to replace when scratched/pitted/etc. bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...." > From: Anthony Polson <acpolson@HOTMAIL...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 6 Apr 2020 11:13:34 -0700
  ...If the steel pipes on engine are not heavily pitted (thin at spots) from corrosion, strip and paint them, if needed. I used a...
• Re: Cooling system sealing goo - ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:14:26 EST
  ...I helps to make a good connection especially if the aluminium nipple is pitted badly. It will also prevent further corrosion at this joint...
• Propane Cautions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 09:09:00 -0400
  ...I recently replaced my tank, as this corrosion had rusted the label almost entirely off, and pitted the steel of the tank. A new...
• Newest Version of Coolant leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 12:02:42 -0300
  ...Severley pitted heads fixed with plastic aluminium in a tube, wow!, found this out by tracking down the POs mechanic Leak becoming steadier over...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 24 May 2014 10:34:21 -0700
  ...Having 2 new adjustors on hand might be good too so you can replace the adjusters if mushroomed or pitted. Mark Loren Busch wrote...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:29:01 -0700
  All good advice, but don't look at them too closely or you will likely find a couple of pitted balls and grooves worn...
• Re: Vanagon body work
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 06:42:27 EST
  ...Number one, make sure that they clean the rusted, pitted metal WELL, AND topcoat it with a very good quality rust preventative primer BEFORE...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:56:45 -0500
  ...I replaced some worn and pitted (much worse than these) cv joints with new Lobro joints and packed them with the supplied grease. After...
• Repair, replace, or burn the thing!
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:33:28 -0400
  ...replace the gaskets if heads aren't pitted too much, 2. replace= the head(s) if they are, and 3. replace the engine if...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:04:40 -0500
  ...which the piston slides in and out of is galled, or pitted so bad that it hangs up, which the rebuilder didn't take...
• Re: Windshields: all years the same?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:23:42 -0800
  ...in between? > >i'm up in the salty northeast (land of pitted windshields) and will need to >replace mine soon as well. currently have...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:40:37 -0500
  ...How best to JB weld pitted heads? Volks, I'd appreciate the list's advice before I try this one. I'm doing the...
• Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Atkinson, Scott (CLW, Floreat)
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:29:22 +0800
  ...The centre electrode is worn WAY down, the gap is huge and the body of the plug appears VERY pitted, like rust has eaten...
• Re: Alaska trip tips
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:07:28 -0400
  ...Before the trip, I had my old pitted windshield replaced and returned from the trip with some stone chips as a souvenir--but I...
• REinstalling head on 91 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jaime forero
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:44:26 -0600
  ...We fixed the pitted area. On disassembly the cylinder sleeves stayed in place so on reassembly I don't intend to remove the cylinder...
• Re: air vent repair
  Historical mailing list
  21 Sep 95 9:26
  christian wrote: [snip] >Sand-blasted the rusted, pitted flap and will prime/ paint it >tonight. I noticed on the driver's side of the...
• 87 Westy NOW: Green Coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Fri, 31 May 2002 13:29:24 -0700
  ...Maybe the heads won't be pitted as badly with the orange coolant. My theory is the head gaskets will fail anyway, so go...
• Re: Tranny woes - continued
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 21 May 2016 09:08:34 -0700
  ...The tech there explained what parts did what and showed me > burned, pitted, and otherwise damaged bits, pieces and parts. Said it was a...
• Bar Harbor Bonanza
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clendening
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:55:36 -0400
  ...we sighed over those chrome outside mirrors; they weren't even pitted! All kinds of Vanagons passed by with bikes on the roof and...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 1 May 2003 06:13:47 -0700
  ...Apon inspection of many > other parts, I found one of the plastic cigar tubes to be pitted, > and as I touched it, it started...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:39:17 -0400
  ...The lenses are pitted on the outside from road stuff and speed and the reflectors even if they "look" OK no longer do what...
• Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:14:43 -0700
  ...You can replace a badly pitted one with a new one on the old cam, but it could accelerate the wear on that lobe...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:43:21 -0500
  ...I don't think the head is too bad, really.They're pitted, but with the JB Weld repairs, they look pretty OK. The...
• WBX Input Shaft Worn. Ok to Cut To DV Length?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:56:00 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/yf8lxk6 OD at pitted section (good part of shaft further in almost same OD): 14.8 mm OD at groove worn...
• Re: Problem with local service shop (vancouver, BC)... slight rant
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:01:31 -0800
  ...Pretty much every adjuster was pitted to varying degrees, but one screw had been eaten away by at least a 1/4 inch. The...
• ceramic coatings
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 16:15:34 -0700
  ...Remember, YMMV, and it will! :) Since Todd Francis has posted about having badly pitted heads fixed up with ceramics, it is a small step...
• Re: Coolant Pump: wear at case
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:04:24 -0700
  ...Aside from JB Weld (as some might use on a pitted WBX head) what epoxy would you or the list suggest? If the epoxy...
• more rhetoric on accidents
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 12:04:36 -0400
  ...A crash test demonstration on Fox last night pitted a full size F150 against an escort. The escort started to pull out onto a...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 15:10:10 -0700
  ...absolutely pristine, so > there's no chance of micro leaks from pitted sealing surfaces. I > think he charged like $10/tire to do the...
• Re: recorded long term success of JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:49:51 -0500
  ...If the case is pitted repair with JB Weld and then sand back until smooth the surrounding aluminum. I have had only ever had...
• Re: Redline:CV-2 High temp. CV grease
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:45:51 +0000
  ...went 45-50K, not completly worn-out but the balls > were pitted and worn. > This seems a very short time for pitting to occur...
• Re: '84 clutch judder
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 07:50:07 EDT
  ...Have you flushed the hydraulic fluid regularly? If not the master or slave cylinder may not be retracting fully due to rusted, pitted walls...
• Re: 2.1L heads leaking @ -10?
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:52:46 -0800
  ...The heads > are likely pitted as well. I don't know how long we can go on like this but in the > mean time...
• Re: Washing case halves
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:54:04 -0600
  ...the lye in the soap stripped the anodization off and then pitted the hell out of it. I'd be real careful about regular...
• All the newcomer advice... Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - J. Anton Elmquist
  Mon, 4 Dec 95 00:39:49 UT
  ...The '86 has an ugly interior, the engine is kind of pitted, the body scratchy (as said) and needs a muffler big time. Guy...
• Re: Please help with head leaking question
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:41:47 -0700
  ...The last engine I worked on had a badly pitted sealing > surface on the engine block. It took a lot of work to build...
• Re: air vent repair
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Wed, 20 Sep 1995 20:55:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Sand-blasted the rusted, pitted flap and will prime/ > paint it tonight. I noticed on the driver's side of the flap is a...
• CV joint binding
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:55:20 -0800
  ...The only difference I notice is that this joint is less worn than the other three (which are pitted and need replacing-later, I...
• Re: CV joints...condition?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:54:41 -0800
  ...They had > chunks out of the bearing races, a couple of the bearings are badly pitted > and the one at the wheel end, that...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:40:43 -0700
  ...absolutely pristine, so > >> there's no chance of micro leaks from pitted sealing surfaces. I > >> think he charged like $10/tire to do the...
• Syncro CV Self Destruct
  Historical mailing list - Martin Peitz
  Fri, 8 May 1998 21:33:10 -0500
  ...perfect, no heat signs, no discolored or pitted balls, no signs of wear, lots of grease. I expected mayhem, where now a new cage...
• JM060356@AOL.COM
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:04:30 -0800
  ...example how rusty is this project, use lots of rust buster the weeks before and each day toward the job how pitted is the...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Access-84 Westfalia-Thanks, and Repair "How To" suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:45:33 -0800
  ...almost congealed mass of brake fluid, a sorely pitted and rusted internal shaft and pitted and rusted interior cylinder walls. I had "changed" the...
• Ignition switch -- construction
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:06:22 -0500
  ...the 30 terminal was worn concave in the middle, a bit pitted, and the contact area covered with black "stuff," parts of which had...
• Re: Windshields: all years the same?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:41:23 -0600
  ...in between? i'm up in the salty northeast (land of pitted windshields) and will need to replace mine soon as well. currently have...